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'Carl's world was closing in'

by By Melissa Hale-Spencer

Carl Baranishyn's neighbor said, "He wouldn't do things to help himself but, for someone else, he'd do anything."

Uncontested: Three seats, three candidates at GCSD

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — Incumbents Barbara Fraterrigo and Gloria Towle-Hilt are running again for the Guilderland School Board. They are joined by newcomer Teresa Gitto.

Colleen O’Connell is not seeking a fifth term.

The three-year terms on the nine-member board are at-large and unpaid.

What if an owner doesn’t fix a building destroyed by fire?

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

The town says the property at 7 Ayre Dr. in Guilderland, which was destroyed last January, could be an “attractive nuisance,” or a dangerous site.

VCSD board: Two seats, one incumbent, three challengers

by Jo E. Prout

NEW SCOTLAND — Four women are running for two seats on the Voorheesville School Board this May.

Judge says politics is too often a ‘dirty business’

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Warren Redlich will get to have his day in court.

Davis gets green light for fifth lot

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

At its February 24 meeting, the Guilderland planning board heard an appeal by Michael Arduini, who wants to add a seasonal deck at the Across the Street Pub on Western Avenue.

The smell of rain

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

The smell of rain: what actually causes it? Michelle Prunier of Guilderland had enjoyed finding out, and thought others might too. 

Knife-wielding man shot dead by State Troopers in Berne

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

A county medical examiner said the cause of Carl Baranishyn Jr.'s death was suicide by police.

Hotaling arrested for sex chat with 15-year-old

GUILDERLAND — A 42-year-old Schenectady man has been arrested for  “engaging in sexually oriented on-line chats” with a 15-year-old Guilderland girl, according to a release from the Guilderland Police who made the arrest on Friday.

Salaries, budget up in Voorheesville

by Jo E. Prout

The budget is up three percent from last year, at $2.13 million, and includes increased health insurance costs of more than $30,000.

Unnamed slaves will be reburied in caskets made by local artists

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

GUILDERLAND — John Hodgson has made a wooden box topped with a sankofa, a traditional African symbol meaning “to return for what was left behind.”

Knox insurance kerfluffle: “We need to slow down and put the breaks on”

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The board had unanimously passed proposals in previous meetings without much discussion or investigation.

 

Stormy Knox board meeting ends with split vote for highway equipment

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Faced with using over half a million dollars for buying machines, the town board hosted a heated exchange at its April meeting.

Voorheesville teachers' contract goes through, salaries up

by Jo E. Prout

All class sizes in kindergarten through fifth grade were capped at 27 students.

William Beer

Jury finds Beer guilty of assault

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

William Beer, 42, of Troy, was found guilty on April 9 of third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, the Albany County District Attorney’s Office said in a release.

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